The Craziest Metal Detecting Day of my Life
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Welcome back to the cool temperate rainforests of Tasmania’s West Coast. On my last video I found the site of an abandoned hut, where miners lived and found gold over 150 years ago..
Using a carving done of the site in 1872 I was able to line up the island where they worked, and on the banks of the river I found the hut site.
Using my metal detector is was able to find a heap of targets, including a fork, a chisel, some bottles and nails, but due to the short winter days I had to leave and come back later..
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wow Rob. I’m humbled to be the winner of the crevice tool😮😃and it was so exciting to see you go back and to get all those period relics ! I remember when I got my first British penny in very similar circumstances and I was like … Who’s the dude in a wheelchair 🦽😅 . Excited see you return . You are just getting warmed up . there will be some
Victorian silver there I think but it’s gonna be after you sift some of the top layers off
Congrats! 🎉
Can you give me 6 numbers please mucker.
Rob, I can express how cool it is to plop down and see a new video from AU / Tasmania- this is why I don’t do cable television. I was paralyzed in 2020 after living a life of complete adventure commercial / charter sport fishing I was told I’d have to accept limitations- we’ll lump that, I’m learning to walk again mate- good as!
Please keep the videos coming!
Ohio, USA 🇺🇸
Wishing you all the best in your recovery. ❤
Nice to hear from you mate hope you get back on your feet again mate. I especially love the people in the state of Ohio, very down-to-earth folk from your state as I've met a few in my lifetime.....Pete from Tasmania.
Well done, Rob. The 1874 Queen Victoria half penny is awesome. That's Britannia on the reverse btw. Buy a pin pointer mate.
Originally the halfpenny was minted in copper, but after 1860 it was minted in bronze. - Google
Pinpointer????? He's swinging a monster, it is a pinpointer.
All the British folks were like, some Greek bloke, that’s Britannia!
@@nosammgiarc All the American folks were like, some Britannia guy, that’s Aquaman!
Actually as an American I have no idea who Britannia is… 😆
Well another great adventure,your excitement is infectious, we where cheering you on,as you revealed more history of our magical land,thanks again from the old lenahvalley boys 🎉❤
Go easy with the pick when relic hunting. That's the second quicksilver bottle I've heard of being found with a lid intact, dug with a pick too. Fluke they both weren't broken👍👌🇦🇺
As always thanks for taking us along on the adventure. Awesome job mate. As a fellow father, PLEASE WEAR A HELMET!! The weirdest things can happen out in the bush and riding around on a quad you never know what can happen. Please be safe.
What a fantastic find Rob! A pinpointer is good to have also..A crevacing hook would be good 👍
You are a one man geologist and anthropologist for the unspoken. Well done son.
That was a great idea Ollie.
It's great to see you do something that makes you happy and I enjoy watching you on your adventures. From History to your finds, you never disappoint. Can't wait till the next video.
Good on you for mapping out the site and documenting your finds for future reference Rob.
That coin 😊
First let me say I don't want the hook, if by chance give it to the person that comments next.
Just wanted to tell you how happy it makes me that you and Tazzy Boys got your gov issues fixed! You guys do a very good job of taking us with you. It's like reading a good mystery book. Waiting for next chapters and never want this saga to end.
Rob I'm just impressed by your ability to work in cold water, I have an old Garrett detector which is nearly 50 years old but still working. Lately it gets more work checking for metal in the recycled timbers before machining, in my 60s now and still love being in the bush prospecting love your work and enthusiasm. The square nail is made of copper and used for wooden boat building and the angled piece is off a buggy saddle for a horse and cart rig
Congrats Ollie……hopefully I might be lucky as you next time…..Loved being taken on the adventure with you Rob and looking forward to your return trip.
Mate south side of the rivers got extensive workings as well considering how long it was worked and from the Chinese through to modern survey programs done by mining companies there’s at least 150 years of historical timeline to unravel you’ve only just begun bro luv it cheers
Great idea to map the area and your finds. A bit of Tasmanian mining history right here and you're documenting it as you go. Well done.
Great finds! And to think the government gives people like you a hard time for respecting the land and preserving history…such a shame. Keep up the great work! Those crevicing tools look pretty solid.
I’m aboriginal if anyone asks
No matter what you are searching for , gold or relics, l simply love the adventures you take us on, into the beautiful untamed wilds of Tassie.
Would love a crevicing tool thanks, as im trying to build a prospecting kit for some adventures of my own.
And thank you to you and all prospector youtubers, for teaching us all, the art of treasure hunting !!!
Massive thanks Rob and Family, since discovering your channel I've been inspired to get out and give this kind of thing a crack myself. I'm in the South Island of NZ and have ample public gold prospecting spots and even have a family friend who has a claim, going to be setting out for a week with some good people in hopes to find some nuggets and scenery, cant wait for this experience and all thanks to your awesome videos and inspiring content. Never stop being you Rob
Great archaeological adventure, Rob! The broken white glass jar has the lettering AGM, Australian Glass Manufacturers, large letter A, with the G in the top of the A, the M in the base of the A. I read Marmite Comp.., 1920s I'd say, it's Vegemite but the British name, they even briefly called themselves "Parwill" - ..."if ma might, pa will"...
The dolly pot for crushing the quartz, the large metal spike looks a rock pick, but the dolly pot needs a heavy stick for crushing the rock, I suppose it's dual-use, sharp tip, twisted iron for strengthening for blows by a hammer, or crushing ore. The glass bottle, if it has mercury in it, the mercury may still have gold in it, they may have captured the gold powder in the mercury after crushing the quartz to a powder, but retorting process to purify the gold needed for the mercury vapours to be cooled, through a pipe in a water barrel, to recover the mercury to be used again.
You might try adopting a digger trowel from Tyger Stainless, not for a crevicing hook, tho I'd love one if those, but for digging CLEAN PLUGS, sorry to shout, Rob, but for the safety of the artefacts, and when visibly digging in public spaces, and as mentor, returning the hole to near as best to original is the right practice, if not everyone does so, it'll be taken from all by the bad practices of a small number. You'll want a pinpointer, and from our past encouragement, to have a detector with the numbering discrimination display for different metal target types, borrow one off someone for a little while to give it a try. It was a good viewer suggestion to target the non-ferrous targets first, I think that prompted you to then grid, map and record the finds and site, and you'll now want to map and mark out the mineshafts, adits, road and river. Onward, with more happy adventures in more unrecorded outdoor museums! 👍✌️🤙 Cheers from Gabi of Narre Warren, Victoria.
Please Rob, don't ever smell on an unknown substance that you've found. You wouldn't be the first to end up in hospital after smelling an old find.
Looking forward to your next video!
A crevicing tool would be great... but a crevicing tool with your autograph on it would be AMAZING!
Congrats Ollie and wouldn’t say no to a crevacing hook 😂and I agree a pinpointer would be a great asset
Lovvvveee watching your adventures. Always great videos and explanations on the way. Keep it up!!
G'day Rob. I'm loving these videos mate. That large conical item looks like a nozzle for a blacksmiths forge. It directed the air from the blower into the fire. Where ever there were mines, there was always a blacksmith nearby to repair chisels and picks etc. Would love a Tiger tool 😊
Brilliant video Rob
Thank you!
Had a shack at Squeaking Point for 25 years but had to let it go. Regretting it but that’s life.
Your videos are a reminder of what an awesome place Tassie is.
Thanks for sharing it with us! Lee up the great work.
Hi Rob, I am loving your shows, Good to see you living your best life.
Would love a crevising hook.
Hey Rob, great video. That broken white glass container looks like a vegemite jar I have, but yours looks like it reads “Marmite”. Love a crevicing tool. 😊
I'm loving your other channel just as much as this one. ❤ Amazing quality content on both! 👍😉🤗🔥
Great video Rob. I would love the crevicing hook please.... Documenting the site and all the suggestions people have made in what to include in your documentation is all great advice. So sad how archeologists seem more interested in overseas history than our own historical sites. But thanks to people like yourself our early pioneers will never be forgotten and where they mined for gold in Tassie. Bravo Rob!!!!! One day I hope you write your own book on the history you have uncovered and how to researched to find these locations and what you found at these sites. Something that is seriously lacking in Australia is thorough investigative research and location finding with artifacts found in remote locations. The old timers were tough unique individuals with guts, tenacity, knowledge that has been lost over the years, my goodness in today's standards they lived rough and survived.
Great video again Rob, you certainly show your passion regarding the old timer's boots and the various relics you uncovered. Once again, another top-notch video.
Always great to watch your adventures Rob, keep doing what your doing and may you unearth many more treasures on your next adventure
Looks like great fun digging up these relics - many more to come and I am sure the old timers left some gold behind too!!! I would love a crevicing hook too 😊
glad to see you maken more videos,,totaly enjoy watching all ...love the ones with your family as well..be safe
That historical perspective and record is priceless....
🎉Always a good day when rob uploads 🎉
Trop cool ce genre de vidéo, la découvert de la petite bouteil et de la pièce sont incroyable tu devrait les garder en souvenir ! Merci pour ma vidéo 💪
It is amazing just how much work the old timers did in pursuing gold.
Definitely looked like a pick axe.
Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Id love a crevassing hook
Thanks for the video Rob. Job well done as usual. At least the boots weren't right next to each other or we might have got a skeletal session as well
Very nice find Rob. Those crevice tools are nice and yours looks heavy duty. My boyfriend and I love watching your videos they are so amazing.
The little bottle with the cap looks like the bottles dad, grandad and myself used for storing our small gold finds when we went prospecting in the Victorian bush.
i love your video.s especially since im a very unfit 62 year old watching you blokes scamble through overgrown vegatation down and up extremely steep country, the thickest scrub sets off my clostophobia just watching you,lol.when i start detecting and sluicing again (hopefully next year ) i will put a good crevicing hook and other tools set on top of the list to save for ,as ive got most of the other stuff already in my camper trailer
Great watch Rob.
Second attempt at the crevice hook for my son.
When I was in high school I went relic hunting with the family around charters towers area. Was awesome. Found lots of different size bottles, metal stuff and the best find was a Chinese coin. Loved it!
Looking for to episode 3. Maybe an over nighter 😊
Well done, legend.
You're very in touch with nature and seem to have a great passion for it.
*Really enjoying the new home series. Congrats to you and that beautiful family.
Living the dream.
Keen to watch! Stuck at work! Thanks for posting. Gives me something to watch later :)
Well done Rob! You truly inspire people to watch and look forward. I enjoy it! 🇨🇦
Very good spot. I share your passion for history and the hard work of people who built your Country. When a person brings gold out of the ground, it makes new wealth for everyone. It's not the same as printing more paper money. Good job .
Congrats @oriley81! Put that crevice tool to good use! Looks like an amazing place to go digging around. Love the videos and thank you for taking us along for the ride.
Hey Rob!
What an absolute joy to experience your genuine enthusiasm for each find, and way cool to map out the place like that.
Been detecting for many years, but new to gold hunting and would love a crevicing tool ✌🏼
Look forward to your next vid!
I live in a historic gold town in Colorado USA and have always been intrigued with the history. Have dug out dozens of privies. See how they lived by where they went. LOL Exciting finds ... good for you ... thanx for sharing.
Great episode Rob (as is usual). Your enthusiasm really adds to the story. Others have mentioned it is a half penny (pronuonced haypenny). It would have bought quite a bit when it was lost. I was a paper boy (after school) selling or delivering news papers when pounds and pence were still in use.
So nice to see that spark ignited in you again, can’t keep a good man down aye 💪 loved this second half so much, music choice was on point too!
Hey Rob
Just wanted to show my gratitude for the effort you put into Tasmania’s history and the respect you show our bush, we wanted to send our appreciation for the effort you bring to Tasmania’s history and tagging us all along with you
Thanks Mate keep them videos coming
Would love a crevice hook
Crevicing hook, yes please! I'd love to start exploring around the Mackay region.
Rob, every time... you outdo yourself.
Love watching your adventures
Years ago I worked with a guy at Bamboo Creek that was into finding and collecting old bottles, he taught me a bit including how to tell from what era a bottle was from based on some simple characteristics.
To find these bottles he suggested that the old miners would typically have a spot where they would dump all their rubbish and that would be a bit away from their camp site and that is were you would find an abundance or old bottles and stuff.
I would say that if the old timers were at the spot you are looking for a longer period of time, there is likely a dump site to be found.
Find the outhouse for more coins 😁
Will you ship a crevise tool to Midland, TX?
It's so good watching you unearth all these treasures.
Rob l watch metal detector channels from Great Britain, America and of course Australia. British coins are found everywhere in the commonwealth and former British colonies, also some Spanish and French as they were in the America’s during civil war. l love to watch metal detectorists finding historical things. l recognise that coin as a halfpenny by size and the greenish colour of old copper as l was around when we still had that currency and the figure of Britannia that you thought was was a Greek looking dude. Glad you’re happy with your finds of the day, as they “say one man’s junk is another’s treasure”. Wish metal detectors were around sixty years ago as l used to go on walks with my granddad as a child up rivers on the west coast of Tasmania when he came to visit. He did it the hard way with the metal pan and he always came home with a something in an old Bex bottle, like the one you found today. I can remember him telling us there’s some pointing to the bottom of the river and as soon as we bent over close to the water to see his “nugget” he’d duck our face in the water, great memories. One day perhaps you will go out into the wilderness and show your son where you had these great adventures that he would have seen on the screen. Good luck with the finds.
Nice to see you finding some good relics from The Old Timers, Rob. Just finished reading Henry Hellyer's Observations - he was the main surveyor for VDL Co back in the 1860s and what those fellas didn't have to contend with is shocking! The number of times they were just down to flour & water (and water wasn't always a given in my neck of the woods) but still had to cut tracks and roads forging a route from Lonnie to Circular Head & beyond. They would inscribe trees with dates or leave provisions buried in safe spots for next time - so you have to know, what's left behind was hard won and wouldn't have been abandoned easily. Nice to have an old copper - obviously that's Britannia on the reverse of the ha'penny. Happy hunting
Really enjoy your exploration vids,great finds mate👌that pick looks the goods!cheers rob
Congratulations Ollie🎉 Thanks Rob for giving us a second chance. Great video looking forward to my next adventure.😊
Detecting is the Best.
Another fantastic video, Thanks Rob. Discovering history in the ground is the best. I think you should invest in a pinpointer next, it saves a lot of time and means you get to find more "treasure".
I would love one of the crevicing tools. I do have the TYGER shovel and hand digger they are awesome. I am yet to try crevicing, but you make it look so easy. 🙂
IT’S A WONDERFUL SPOT YOU’VE FOUND. THAT ITS NOT HAD VISITORS SINCE THE OLD TIMERS IS JUST GREAT. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE TOOL
Nice Video once again Rob, good pickings particularly the Wee Little Bottle and the 1874 coin and all the rest....Can't wait for some more of your finds in that area of the bush on the wild west coast.....Pete from Devonport
Reminds me of exciting hiking as a kid believing treasure was everywhere….and for you it is. Keep exploring history and the land!
wow!! british half penny. awesone find. isn't metel detecting the most awesome hobby ever. love your vids. greeting from south africa
Fantastic stuff you found Rob!. We just got a metal detector, so a crevassing tool would come in very handy!
Look forward to part 3!!!!!
By the way , that coin would have only been in circulation from anywhere between 9 months and 18 months from date of minting to being on a sailing ship heading to Australia (9 month sailing trip) and ending up in Tasmania all those years ago ! Mind boggling when you think about it ! And you found it metal detecting in that particular place that you happened to walk over . Uncanny !
Great little day trip spot you could go there over and over again and find something new every time.
So cool to get a glimpse into the old timers history like this. Great day of exploration Rob!
What a fascinating thing to do! Thank you for filming and editing it for us. I've never been gold hunting but that hooked tool looks great for gardening - throw my name into the hat please! John from York UK.
Love the mixed content and history you show on your channel. Of course seeing your successful gold adventures are cool too!
I don't want a hook, I just wanna say I love your videos. Thanks Rob ☺
These videos have been very enjoyable. Adventure!
I'm looking forward to more
Fascinating adventure Rob! Can't wait to see your next one!
Great grounds, yes, they are so cool for finding wonderful relics using such an awesome hook. Congratulations, Ollie 🤞
That spot is just full of amazing relics and history. You should come back one more time for sure!
I love the work you are doing with documenting everything. People need to know the past of the people who helped this country grow. And yes I do need a knew stainless steel creving hook as mine is an old bend screw driver. 😂
Awesome finds! A tool that I use is a pinpoiter while digging. If your metal detectors beeping fades out or stops on a target then you will want to recalibrate it to the changing soil conditions. Do this within the same area. Your detector seemed to do that. Maybe because of its operating system. So recalibrate because it thinks it normal soil conditions from passing over the same target to much. If you pick this response for your crevices tool, then do give it to another person. I currently don't have a use for it. If you have additional picks like the red one, well that I could use a lot. Happy hunting and great videos and information!
That's a cool find can't wait for the next one thanks for sharing
Thanks, Rob , for the link to Tyger claw products. I’ve been using a screw driver that just doesn’t hold up, despite multiple fixes. Fab video, always informative.. I must get to Tassie…again.
The white is milk glass, usually ponds. The little piece of brass looks like a broken buckle, usually horse tack. Love your enthusiasm. It is like my daughter when I take her along to detect our local area. The little amber bottle is usually a pill bottle. Ot looks soo isolated and imagine very cold there in winter. The old timers were truly tough and it’s something I always think about when I am out and about detecting. The trip to get there, the horses ect
That was great to watch Rob finding artifacts is is very interesting and educational as well.
I would LOVE a crevicing hook! My partner and I go hunting for anything and everything that is treasure...from gold, crystals, to artifacts etc.! A hook would be super handy! Love your videos and we've been subscribers and loyal viewers for a few years now! We wish you many more adventures with grand discoveries! Be safe out there! Much love from Mississippi USA!❤
I’d love a crevicing hook! Great video! Can’t wait to see what else you find there. Metal detect in the river too
Great reward for all your hard work & research im enjoying watching
Congratulations on the old finds, they are interesting pieces👏👏👏👏😃
Between the gold and the homestead I hope you are having a blast mate!
I love seeing this history stuff, thanks Rob. Making me want to get a metal detector
Well done rob on introducing some structure to your scratching around
Awesome video, Rob. Looking forward to the next one.
Really enjoying your other channel as well.
Awesome as always Rob. I can feel a metal detector purchase coming on.
You should set a trail camera up there for a Tasmanian tiger and leave it there for several months.
So special for you. Having in my early childhood and teenage years fossicked, always looking for things from the past. A few ginger beer bottles, pottery ink well. Odd bits a pieces. Working around the Rocky Cape and Sisters Hills area especially in the aboriginal sites, learning and wondering on their camp sites and middens.
I would totally love a Crevicing hook!
Thanks for all the adventures, awesome stuff.
Love the video mate. Love watching your adventures. Cool finds. Keep it up.
You really feel old when you recognize a ha'penny . I like the way you were trying to figure out what is was. You were on the track.
Amazing videos. Keep it up. 👍
Looks like a great adventure.Thanks for making the video
Love the show!!! I just started watching. Maybe contact a museum on what to do with the finds. Awesome to preserve history on such an unknown part of time.
Awesome stuff Rob it would be a massive rush were you are keep searching the area out you will find the treasurers mate , thanks heaps for sharing the video , cheers rob
This place looks like an absolute dreamland. I'd love a crevassing hook! love watching the adventures